Ever Dream Of Attending SDCC?

[suspsy]

I've been to a lot of fan conventions over the years. Most of them, however, have been relatively small. The largest one I ever went to was the first NYCC, and there were MAJOR issues with overcrowding. My friends and I ended up just sitting around a table in the food court chatting (we were walk-ins, luckily).

And then yesterday I read this article

http://io9.com/the-crazy-lengths-people-go-to-for-san-diego-comic-con-1715847049?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=

Yeah. It sounds like the ninth circle of hell. It seems like it would be less stressful to become an actor, land a role on a successful TV show, then be invited to SDCC as a guest.

[stargatedalek]

I would never have the guts to try and fit into a crowd like SDCC! Our local Hal[ifax]CON has grown so much the past few years that even that can feel overcrowded. I couldn't even get tickets last year, and the fact I couldn't makes me glad I wasn't able to because that tiny convention center would have been packed.

[suspsy]

Ottawa Comic Con has been getting bigger and bigger over the last four years, but I still haven't had to wait in line to attend a panel for more than an hour. And luckily, I'm one of those persons who generally doesn't mind crowds. NYCC was pushing it though. I was in the exhibitors' hall for only about 20 minutes and you literally could not raise your arms to the side, so crowded it was.

[CityRaptor]

Gah, that means that I'll never be able to go to SDCC. It's okay. The exclusives this year were not that great anyways.
Who pays 50 dollars for a cheaply made pony in a chickensuit anyways?

[tyrantqueen]

I would love to go to any kind of fan convention, but the bigger, popular ones (including SDCC) are outside of my country. I live in the sticks in the UK, so I would have to travel a long way to get to even a modestly sized con. Also, given my dislike of crowds it's just not feasible right now.

So, any of you guys who get the opportunity to go to a big convention, I am jealous of you

[docronnie]

Would like to go, why not.  Maybe in the future, but we have plenty of toy conventions here, excluding the comic book conventions, we have 5 this year.